This book is an accurate, detailed account of the author’s breakdown at the age of 14. He had been a top academic student and active participant in various sports. The author recounts the background of the event and the effect it had on him afterwards. Included is his delusionary experience. This account may be of special interest to those who work with troubled adolescents and, generally, anyone interested in the experience of adolescence.

William C. Prentiss spent ten years as Dean of the Florida Military School and later taught Adolescent Psychology and Juvenile Delinquency at the college level. In 1976, he founded a program for youths referred by the Juvenile Court. This program, called Operation Comeback, was selected by President Reagan in 1988 to receive his prestigious Volunteer Action Award presented at a White House luncheon. He is currently retired and lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife Sallie. Bill and Sallie Prentiss remain involved with youth, both male and female, in the leadership of a performing group of young people of American Indian heritage with the Talako Indian Dancers. He is the drummer, and Sallie especially works with the female dancers in making their dresses and shawls for use in the shows. The Talakos do approximately fifty shows a year for schools, youth groups, retirement center, libraries, and festivals.